Abstract
Youth and adolescent populations constitute a critical set in global population. They are important to development agendas not for their quantity, but for other types of problem that favour the intergenerational reproduction of poverty and establish inequality gaps that accentuate processes of "de-institutionalisation" and "de-socialisation" of these populations and others: education systems insufficiently adapted to the current world of work or to the mass schooling of young people from vulnerable households; precarious labour markets, which many young people enter with poor qualifications; or socioenvironmental conditions that severely affect the health conditions of youth in marginal neighbourhoods. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals clearly signal the path forward for coming years, as well as highlighting the need for stronger, more innovative public policies to ensure "that no young people will be left behind". The 2030 Agenda represents a unique opportunity for the State, private sector, civil society and the international cooperation system to harness positive synergies to improve young people's quality of life.
Highlights
Why is it important to address youth problems ? Nearly one in five of the world population is from 10 to 24 years old[1]
In the most developed regions, young people are 17% of the population, in less-advanced countries, they account for 32%, which poses distinctive education, health and employment challenges
In Latin American countries, the outcome of the “window of opportunity” that the demographic transition could represent will depend in part on whether or not young people manage to gain greater access to quality education, on whether they have the tools necessary to perform successfully in the labour market and on their physical and mental health
Summary
In the most developed regions, young people are 17% of the population, in less-advanced countries, they account for 32%, which poses distinctive education, health and employment challenges. This population group often receives little attention, while policy makers commonly address the issue of population aging. The magnitude of the phenomenon and the inequality with which it is incident on different income quintiles should be reason enough to reconsider the appropriateness of traditionally sectoral education and employment policies These inequalities are expressed in high rates of morbidity and mortality. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the second cause of death among adolescents[7]
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